The New York Yankees did battle with the the Texas Rangers yesterday at New Yankee Stadium with the Yankees victorious 7 to 2. It was a huge win that rooters with NY Yankees tickets aren’t likely to forget.
Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia (5.63 ERA) got the win, while C.J. Wilson (3.93 ERA) took the loss for the Rangers. CC Sabathia went 6 innings for the Yankees, allowed 11 hits, one home run and 2 earned runs with no walks and 7 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Yankees was Kerry Wood (1.50), and Mariano Rivera (0.00). The Rangers’s starter C.J. Wilson went 5 innings, allowed 6 hits, 2 home runs and 5 earned runs with 4 walks and 2 strikeouts. Michael Kirkman (0.00), and Alexi Ogando (3.86) also pitched for the Rangers. With the win, Sabathia’s record goes to 2-0, while Wilson drops to 1-1.
In addition to the 7 runs, the Yankees put up 9 hits and committed no errors. Curtis Granderson led the Yankees in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Jorge Posada’s 2 hits. Elvis Andrus had the most hits for the Rangers (3), followed by Mitch Moreland (2), and Ian Kinsler (2). The Rangers mustered 2 runs, 13 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Field Culbreth, Brian Gorman, Gerry Davis and Tony Randazzo. There were 49,832 Yankees ticket holders in attendance at New Yankee Stadium.